EA Sued Over Stolen Madden 06 Features

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By Andrew Burnes

Reuters reports that EA is being sued by an independent developer over supposedly stolen features found in Madden NFL 06:

In his lawsuit filed November 28 with the California Superior Court in San Mateo County, Virtual Jam owner Pernell Harris said he met with EA in late 2003 to discuss "Heart of a Champion," a football game he was developing in which players guide an athlete from high school to professional football.

Among other things, players pick the athlete's parents and handle all kinds of daily experiences from sports practice to school homework.

Harris said features from that game appeared in "Madden NFL 2006" when it was released earlier this year. He accused EA of breaching an "implied in fact contract" when it used those features without compensating him and said EA had violated a confidentiality agreement.

Pernell Harris, you will be squashed like a bug by EA's army of lawyers, no matter how valid your claims.